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leader nancy pelosi, thank you for organizing today's hearing. and thank you to the witnesses who came to share expertise with us and your experiences with us. as a gun owner, i believe that we should protect the second amendment rights. as a father and a grandfather, i also believe that we have a very important responsibility to make sure that our schools and our streets and our communities are safe. i know that we can do both. one thing is very clear. now is the time for action. there is too much gun violence. there is no set of laws that will end the horrific shootings and senseless acts of violence. but that is no excuse for sitting around and doing nothing. the time is now. as the chair of the gun violence prevention task force, i am working on a comprehensive report which reduces gun violence. republicans, democrats, gun rights groups, mental health experts, educational leaders, people from the video game and movie industry, hunting and sportsmen groups, law enforcement leaders and the vice president of the united states of america, and wit
leader nancy pelosi, thank you for organizing today's hearing. and thank you to the witnesses who came to share expertise with us and your experiences with us. as a gun owner, i believe that we should protect the second amendment rights. as a father and a grandfather, i also believe that we have a very important responsibility to make sure that our schools and our streets and our communities are safe. i know that we can do both. one thing is very clear. now is the time for action. there is too...
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we hear from house speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and arizona senator jeff flake. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the united states capitol. before we begin our program, all of you know about the tragedy in boston that took the lives of innocent americans and left many others in serious condition. so if you at all rise and join together in a moment of silence for the victims of this attack. thank you all. pursuant to house resolution 364, the house visitor center room 215 of the capitol visitor center has been designated to gabriel zimmerman meeting were. they are placing commemorative plaque that you all season. this meeting and is dedicated in memory of gabe zimmerman who was shot and killed serving the people of arizona, while carrying out his duties as an aide to representative gabby giffords. his dedication to community and to the democratic process inspires all of us to help each other as fellow human beings and as citizens of a caring nation. we are honored today to be joined soon by the vice president of the united states. we're especially grateful for
we hear from house speaker john boehner, nancy pelosi, and arizona senator jeff flake. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the united states capitol. before we begin our program, all of you know about the tragedy in boston that took the lives of innocent americans and left many others in serious condition. so if you at all rise and join together in a moment of silence for the victims of this attack. thank you all. pursuant to house resolution 364, the house visitor center room 215 of the...
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house democratic leader nancy pelosi bill least a statement saying tom foley was a leader whose authenticity, dedication and diplomacy note who have been in the game for a long time, we already know there are land mines out there. that you have to be careful about how you manage your way through these things. issues that deal with the abortion issue in the united states and i've lived in other countries and they have their own red lines the have to be aware of and by the guests could get away with it in some francisco might be different than in parts of alabama. >> i think that there are few conservatives in journalism, period and that is reflected among the cartoonists as well. it is just generally not a conservative think. so journalism tends to draw i would think to be fair to say people are more liberal. >> they say that bad news is kind of good for cartoonists because it gives us a lot of fodder. but i would rather work harder and have less bad news until we are going in the right direction. i think that we are not going in the right direction now. so i feel very -- i feel like it is a
house democratic leader nancy pelosi bill least a statement saying tom foley was a leader whose authenticity, dedication and diplomacy note who have been in the game for a long time, we already know there are land mines out there. that you have to be careful about how you manage your way through these things. issues that deal with the abortion issue in the united states and i've lived in other countries and they have their own red lines the have to be aware of and by the guests could get away...
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i will tell you that it didn't take long to understand, i don't agree with nancy pelosi much. i know that is not a secret to all of you but it didn't take me long to realize what a wise choice. >> you like her more than you think. >> i could agree on one issue. a guy who is the epitome of common sense, it is like e.f. hutton. i think we can get there and we can do so and we have some issues we have in the house. we have internal issues that we have on the republican side that we have to deal with. it clearly doesn't make things easier. i like what you are seeing up here. we are more than paula live. it is going to be an interesting dance and ultimately we will get there and there are not a lot of -- i don't want to draw a line in the sand. there are certain things, i won't say what they are. if they are in the bill or not in the bill, i will walk away and say i am sorry. the important thing is not to draw a line in the sand or say it has got to be descended not this we will go against it because we need the flexibility to get there. they still have millions of people who are a
i will tell you that it didn't take long to understand, i don't agree with nancy pelosi much. i know that is not a secret to all of you but it didn't take me long to realize what a wise choice. >> you like her more than you think. >> i could agree on one issue. a guy who is the epitome of common sense, it is like e.f. hutton. i think we can get there and we can do so and we have some issues we have in the house. we have internal issues that we have on the republican side that we...
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the problem is that, after the law passed, i guess it was a classic case of what nancy pelosi said. we have to pass the law in order to figure out what's in t because after obamacare passed with that specific statutory language, a the love folks on capitol hill read it, figured out what was in it and said, oh ... you know what ... we can't live with this and then they started lobbying for way around it. and ghoat it. the obamacar obama administratid a special rule for congress to take all of the financial sting out of the provision. the rule basically said two things, both of which i this are outrageous and contrary to the statute itself. first of all, it said, you know, i know the law says all official staff go to the exchanges, but we don't know who there is a. we don't know who official thas staff are so we're going to leave it up to each individual member of congress to designate who is official staff, who must go to the exchanges for their health care. well, mr. president, i just think that is flat-out ridiculous. the law, the statute clearly says, all official congressional st
the problem is that, after the law passed, i guess it was a classic case of what nancy pelosi said. we have to pass the law in order to figure out what's in t because after obamacare passed with that specific statutory language, a the love folks on capitol hill read it, figured out what was in it and said, oh ... you know what ... we can't live with this and then they started lobbying for way around it. and ghoat it. the obamacar obama administratid a special rule for congress to take all of...
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as far as nancy pelosi is concerned her corporation started earlier. in 2008 in january george bush came to us and said we need an economic stimulus because the economy is in trouble. if the partisan response would have been the congress is in trouble, let it go. policing -- pelosi not only agreed that the republicans won't support spending. i'm going to say yes but it will be the most progressive tax cuts we can with earned income tax credits etc.. a fundamental difference between the two parties today given the influence of the tea party on the sense of how much do you sacrifice of your own view to keep the government going? within the republican party and the house today there's a scary ammunition of that commitment. >> at the risk of not making my flight you are solving the presence role in building bridges to the congress. there is a lot that has changed since i wait. >> george bush and i were not pals. i never had a serious conversation with george bush but when he sent paulsen and bernanke up to tell us that things were collapsing we responded a
as far as nancy pelosi is concerned her corporation started earlier. in 2008 in january george bush came to us and said we need an economic stimulus because the economy is in trouble. if the partisan response would have been the congress is in trouble, let it go. policing -- pelosi not only agreed that the republicans won't support spending. i'm going to say yes but it will be the most progressive tax cuts we can with earned income tax credits etc.. a fundamental difference between the two...
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pelosi, said we have to pass it before we know what's in it. okay? so let's get real about this. now we are finding what is in it. well, what is not in it and i hear consistently from a constituent, small businesses how this is destroying them. let me be the first to say that i think everyone needs health care, and those who cannot afford it, we they can afford it have helped those individuals. i firmly and truly believe that. and so with that, i'd like to read you something. i'm not a constitutional expert but i love constitutional law. i follow constitutional law ad nauseam. is asked by way. why. i'm always thought about constitutional law. in newspapers 51 said -- in federalist papers 51, what is government itself? degrees reflection on human nature. and it went back to refer to the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the necessary constitutional means, the personal motives to resist encroachment of the others. and the governmen
pelosi, said we have to pass it before we know what's in it. okay? so let's get real about this. now we are finding what is in it. well, what is not in it and i hear consistently from a constituent, small businesses how this is destroying them. let me be the first to say that i think everyone needs health care, and those who cannot afford it, we they can afford it have helped those individuals. i firmly and truly believe that. and so with that, i'd like to read you something. i'm not a...
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quite striking there is the teamsters union wrote a letter to harry reid and nancy pelosi stating that obamacare, quote, will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of of their hard-working americans. why? he explained obamacare is destroying the 40-hour workweek that has been the backbone of the american middle class. mr. president, if you trust the voices of unions, mr. president if you have a concern for the american middle class, then listen to the bipartisan voices that are rising up singing obamacare isn't working. most striking, mr. president, president obama himself who just a few weeks ago was forced to unilaterally and without legal authority for obamacare with corporations more than 150 employees he unilaterally moves the employer mandate before after the next election. i would suggest there are at least two things we can derive from president obama's decision to do that. number one, if obamacare were a good thing, if it were working, we could be sure that president obama would want to go into the full effect before the next election. he wo
quite striking there is the teamsters union wrote a letter to harry reid and nancy pelosi stating that obamacare, quote, will destroy the very health and well-being of our members along with millions of of their hard-working americans. why? he explained obamacare is destroying the 40-hour workweek that has been the backbone of the american middle class. mr. president, if you trust the voices of unions, mr. president if you have a concern for the american middle class, then listen to the...
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that's very much, as far as nancy pelosi is concerned, her cooperation certain earlier. in 2008 in january, george bush came to us and said we need an economic stimulus because the economy is in trouble. now, a partisan response would've been the economy is in trouble, an election year, let it go. pelosi not only agreed to that but she came back and said look, we need a stimulus for the economy. the republicans won't support spending. there has to be tax cuts on going to say yes, but it will be the most progressive tax cuts we can spent earned income tax credit. >> there is a fundamental difference between the two parties today given the influence of the tea party on the sense of how much do you sacrifice of your own views to keep the government going. and i think within republican party in the house today there has been a scary diminution of that commitment. >> out the risk of not making my flight, you are resolving the presence role in building those -- there's a lot that has changed since 2008. >> let me say this to george bush and i were not pals. i never had answers
that's very much, as far as nancy pelosi is concerned, her cooperation certain earlier. in 2008 in january, george bush came to us and said we need an economic stimulus because the economy is in trouble. now, a partisan response would've been the economy is in trouble, an election year, let it go. pelosi not only agreed to that but she came back and said look, we need a stimulus for the economy. the republicans won't support spending. there has to be tax cuts on going to say yes, but it will be...
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nancy pelosi said it herself. she said first you have to pass it before you get to find out what's in it. well, the american people now know what is in the health care law. they know it and they don't like it. i've had town hall meetings all around the state of wyoming and when you go to a community and talk about the health care law and you just kind of ask the simple question, do you believe under the president's health care law that you will be paying more for your health care? all the hands go up. then you ask the question do you believe under the president's health care law that the quality of your care and the availability of your care will actually go down? and again, all the hands go up. and that is why as of today, madam president, this health care law continues to be very unpopular. nationwide, there are more people that think that the health care law is doing harm than believe that it is doing well. now, let's take a look at what the president promised during the discussion and why some people spoardz i
nancy pelosi said it herself. she said first you have to pass it before you get to find out what's in it. well, the american people now know what is in the health care law. they know it and they don't like it. i've had town hall meetings all around the state of wyoming and when you go to a community and talk about the health care law and you just kind of ask the simple question, do you believe under the president's health care law that you will be paying more for your health care? all the hands...
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nancy pelosi said you have to pass a bill to find out. this is the bill. this is obamacare. we know what is in it. how many devastating things are in it. this is our bill. a straightforward common sense approach that is not a government take over. it's a market base approach fixing the problem in health care. as opposed to government takeover approach. you have irs agents getting to the middle of health care decisions. i adopt think many americans seeing the scandal trust the irs. yet they're in the bill. we take the irs out in this bill. we actually repeal an replace obamacare in this bill. i think it's important have the contrast. we felt passionately that when we put our ideas on paper, on conservative lugeses to health care problems this will be a great contrast we're proud to bring to the american people. when you have people like [inaudible] and you have james hoffa saying that obamacare is going to be a devastating to the middle class 30-hour workweek. he sees what it's doing to the union employees to see it passed. they are calling on it to be repealed. i think somet
nancy pelosi said you have to pass a bill to find out. this is the bill. this is obamacare. we know what is in it. how many devastating things are in it. this is our bill. a straightforward common sense approach that is not a government take over. it's a market base approach fixing the problem in health care. as opposed to government takeover approach. you have irs agents getting to the middle of health care decisions. i adopt think many americans seeing the scandal trust the irs. yet they're...
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pell low toy her -- to restore nancy pelosi to her speakership. here's a quick rundown of where we are on the issue: there's a senate democratic plan that everyone knows is just a political bill, a short-term fix that would only apply to less than half of the students who plan to take out new loans -- new loans. and it would impose permanent tax hikes -- permanent tax hikes in return for a temporary plan for students. another temporary fix paid for with a permanent tax hike. even the president has dismissed this approach, so in nig in my t is really not worth much of a discussion at this point. the proposes that republicans put forward are actually closer to what president obama has asked for. we both agree on the need for permanent reform that takes the decisions on interest rates out of the hands of politicians. the house has already passed a bill that would achieve those two goals. and senate republicans have put forward a bill that is also similar to the president's proposal, as both our plans would employ a variable market rate that, like a m
pell low toy her -- to restore nancy pelosi to her speakership. here's a quick rundown of where we are on the issue: there's a senate democratic plan that everyone knows is just a political bill, a short-term fix that would only apply to less than half of the students who plan to take out new loans -- new loans. and it would impose permanent tax hikes -- permanent tax hikes in return for a temporary plan for students. another temporary fix paid for with a permanent tax hike. even the president...
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[applause] and by the way, if you want a partner to get anything important on, call nancy pelosi. [applause] and steny hoyer and congressman moyer and my old buddy -- hope i'm not leaving anybody out here. but you know, my old i.d., john conyers. [cheers and applause] i'm sure i'm leaving someone out for which i apologize. we all know we have a lot more to do, but will continue to make progress in one of the reasons that make progress this will have for at least three more years the president of the united states, my friend, barack obama. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. if thank you, everybody. [applause] thank you. everybody have a seat. i want to thank all of you for being here. i want to thank secretary salazar, my great friend for letting us into the building. make sure everybody picks up their stray soda cans and everything afterwards. i want to thank attorney general holder for joining us. klotzbach we usually host the spill sightings at the white house, but they were just too many of you. who helped make this happen. clawback you all deserve to be a part of this moment.
[applause] and by the way, if you want a partner to get anything important on, call nancy pelosi. [applause] and steny hoyer and congressman moyer and my old buddy -- hope i'm not leaving anybody out here. but you know, my old i.d., john conyers. [cheers and applause] i'm sure i'm leaving someone out for which i apologize. we all know we have a lot more to do, but will continue to make progress in one of the reasons that make progress this will have for at least three more years the president...
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well, that became a classic case of what nancy pelosi said. we have to pass the bill to figure out what was in it. because after that language got in the bill and passed into law, then lots of folks around capitol hill read that provision, and they said, oh, you know what. they said, wait a minute. we can't live with this. we can't deal with this, because we're going to be in the same fall-back plan as there is for every other american with no special treatment. we can't deal with that. and then because of that, furious lobbying started on the obama administration, folks like the distinguished majority leader talking directly to president obama himself, saying we need a bailout. we need a special fix, a special rule just for us. and sure enough that lobbying yielded results. and by many, many press reports, president obama got personally involved to ensure that a special rule was issued by his administration, the draft version of was issued just conveniently after congress left town for the august recess and got away from the scene of the crim
well, that became a classic case of what nancy pelosi said. we have to pass the bill to figure out what was in it. because after that language got in the bill and passed into law, then lots of folks around capitol hill read that provision, and they said, oh, you know what. they said, wait a minute. we can't live with this. we can't deal with this, because we're going to be in the same fall-back plan as there is for every other american with no special treatment. we can't deal with that. and...
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pelosi said obamacare would create -- quote -- "four million jobs" -- 400,000 jobs almost immediately. that was in 2010. by 2011 the c.b.o. budget director testified to the house budget committee that obamacare would result in an estimated 800,000 fewer jobs by 2021. the promises have not lived up to reality. i'd now like to talk about five distinct harms that have come from obamacare that have made life more difficult for americans. number one, obamacare harms the poor. those who are struggling to climb the economic ladder. right now 60 million people are enrolled in medicare, and medicaid is a program that is struggling, that is challenging, that is desperately in need of reform to improve how it operates. and obamacare, by raising the eligibility age and trying to incentivize and pressure states into expanding medicaid, is designed to move at least an additional 18 million people on to medicaid over the next ten years. now, the data demonstrate that medicaid beneficiaries face worse health outcomes than just about anybody else in the marketplace. in 2010, the annals of succory issu
pelosi said obamacare would create -- quote -- "four million jobs" -- 400,000 jobs almost immediately. that was in 2010. by 2011 the c.b.o. budget director testified to the house budget committee that obamacare would result in an estimated 800,000 fewer jobs by 2021. the promises have not lived up to reality. i'd now like to talk about five distinct harms that have come from obamacare that have made life more difficult for americans. number one, obamacare harms the poor. those who are...
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nancy pelosi continues on the house side of things. i think you hear some new voices. that's really important and the leadership is a two hearing but elizabeth warren, a first-term senator, has to say in her hearings with all of this. as i mentioned earlier, kiersten cinema, new congresswoman from phoenix, arizona, when she was growing up, but in such poverty for her family visited and abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. by the way, she's an art or to use. this was in 60 years ago. this was 30 years ago. .. >> caller: you're setting the tone by advancing the nation forward, and which is almost an incredibly arrogant thing to admit to i'll take your answer. >> guest: well, we are -- got to keep in mind where we've been and where we're going here. we have 20 women in the united states senate. we have 80 men. so we all have a very long was to go. only 16 democratic women in the senate and four republicans. we have a long, long way to go united states of america, i don't think it's changed all that month -- was 77th in the world in the percentage
nancy pelosi continues on the house side of things. i think you hear some new voices. that's really important and the leadership is a two hearing but elizabeth warren, a first-term senator, has to say in her hearings with all of this. as i mentioned earlier, kiersten cinema, new congresswoman from phoenix, arizona, when she was growing up, but in such poverty for her family visited and abandoned gas station for two years with no electric anything. by the way, she's an art or to use. this was in...
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remember what nancy pelosi said before we passed the law -- we'll have to pass the law before we get to know what's in t. the administration is shopping its own version of that statement. as the senate finance committee chairman put it recently, this law is a train wreck waiting to happen. that's the democrat senate finance committee chairman. of course, on top of all this, the law relies in part on new taxes and tax subsidies to support the coverage expansion. this means that the i.r.s. will be involved in implementation. i have significant concerns with the ability of the i.r.s., particularly in wake of the current scandal. the fact that this organization, the i.r.s., tainted by such political behavior, is involved in implementing the new health care law has increased my belief that the health care law is not something the country wants or needs. and, of course, the i.r.s. employees don't want to come under this law either. i don't know of anybody that really wants to come around it. i'll take a close look at proposals to remove the i.r.s. from any implementation activities bought
remember what nancy pelosi said before we passed the law -- we'll have to pass the law before we get to know what's in t. the administration is shopping its own version of that statement. as the senate finance committee chairman put it recently, this law is a train wreck waiting to happen. that's the democrat senate finance committee chairman. of course, on top of all this, the law relies in part on new taxes and tax subsidies to support the coverage expansion. this means that the i.r.s. will...
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nancy pelosi holding her weekly legislative briefing. that was a bit early. she discussed yesterday's failed vote on bipartisan gun legislation in the senate. she was joined by congressman mike thompson who chairs the gun violence prevention task force. they're proposing a house version of a compckgroundck this is 20 minutes. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> as we gather here this morning, people are gathering in boston for a prayer service. we joined them, our prayers and thoughts are with the people of boston, the families of all of the victims of this senseless tragedy, wherever they are from. we pray for the recovery of the injured and as americans and members of congress. words are always inadequate for times like this. words alone cannot console loved ones but we will do what we can to care for them, with investigations ongoing we will ensure that justice is done. e watched the develos and the tragic fire in the west todo leilieso, our condole llednd injur in the blaze. and we plan to insist on the ongoing response and recovery effort. life is fragi
nancy pelosi holding her weekly legislative briefing. that was a bit early. she discussed yesterday's failed vote on bipartisan gun legislation in the senate. she was joined by congressman mike thompson who chairs the gun violence prevention task force. they're proposing a house version of a compckgroundck this is 20 minutes. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> as we gather here this morning, people are gathering in boston for a prayer service. we joined them, our prayers and...
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nancy pelosi, as i said, said we need to pass the law so we can see what's in it. well, the american people now are seeing more and more what is in the law, and they do not like what they see. and now they're calling for all of us to do something about it. this is not the time, mr. president, for special interest loopholes. it's not the time to make more deals behind closed doors, and it is not the time to hand outbreaks for one favored group at the expense of everyone else. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you. i ask the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to address the senate as if in morning hour. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you. another sad occasion in kansas. a week ago this past sunday, the wichit
nancy pelosi, as i said, said we need to pass the law so we can see what's in it. well, the american people now are seeing more and more what is in the law, and they do not like what they see. and now they're calling for all of us to do something about it. this is not the time, mr. president, for special interest loopholes. it's not the time to make more deals behind closed doors, and it is not the time to hand outbreaks for one favored group at the expense of everyone else. thank you, mr....
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it passed the house, nancy pelosi said it was a top prior my for her. she was able to muscle a bill through the lower chamber, it stalled in the senate. so president obama is going through using his administration powers to address climate change, and there'll be a series of rule makings that they will issue. now, congress can overturn these rules through the congressional review act, but they have to be final rules. and true the congressional review -- through the congressional review act you actually don't need 60 votes. >> host: and the big rule that's being talked about is carbon pollution from power plants, new and old ones. >> guest: yes, yes. and so there is question of when that rule is final, somebody would move think the house a congressional review act challenge of it, and then the question is would the senate pass it? of course, president obama can veto it even if it gets 51 or 52 votes, but i'm sure the administration doesn't want to be in that position. there are democrats nervous about what the administration is doing specifically on clim
it passed the house, nancy pelosi said it was a top prior my for her. she was able to muscle a bill through the lower chamber, it stalled in the senate. so president obama is going through using his administration powers to address climate change, and there'll be a series of rule makings that they will issue. now, congress can overturn these rules through the congressional review act, but they have to be final rules. and true the congressional review -- through the congressional review act you...
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president, had already passed the dream act under the leadership of speaker nancy pelosi, howard berman, zoe lofgren, and especially my colleague from illinois, luis gutierrez. you had risen to that challenge. we had our chance and fell short by five votes. after that republican filibuster of the dream act, president obama decided that he needed to take charge. he established the deferred action for childhood arrivals, to give those dreamers and thousands like them across the country a chance to come out of the shadows and be part of america. what has happened since then? in the last year, more than 539,000 have applied for daca. so far, about 365,000 applications have been granted, 140,000 are still being considered. i'm proud to say my home state of illinois has the third most daca applicants. more than 28,000. and the third most daca recipients. approximately 23,000 young people. it wasn't too surprising because shortly after the president announced this program, we held -- congressman luis gutierrez and i held this kind of gathering at navy pier, which is kind of a seminal site in d
president, had already passed the dream act under the leadership of speaker nancy pelosi, howard berman, zoe lofgren, and especially my colleague from illinois, luis gutierrez. you had risen to that challenge. we had our chance and fell short by five votes. after that republican filibuster of the dream act, president obama decided that he needed to take charge. he established the deferred action for childhood arrivals, to give those dreamers and thousands like them across the country a chance...
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so harry reid told nancy pelosi, this is it. this is what you get. i can't change it. so, most people don't realize this. hr 3590 was the bill voted on christmas eve. 3590 was passed by the house of representatives in july of 2009. but it wasn't a health care bill then, was it? it was a veteran's housing bill. a veterans housing bill, passed house. i don't think many people voted against it. it went to the senate. sat in the hopper. then it was amended. and the amendment read, strike all after the enacting clause and insort, and this is what was inserted. so here you had a bill passed the house, different form. passed the senate. came back over to the house, and, if you don't change anything, you can sign it into law. that is what the next three months was all about, how to convince enough democrats to vote for the, really what a rough draft. it would never have done what this thing has done to if it had been fixed. there was not ability to fix it because there weren't 60 votes for any type of fix in the senate. it was the very worst type of process that gave rise to t
so harry reid told nancy pelosi, this is it. this is what you get. i can't change it. so, most people don't realize this. hr 3590 was the bill voted on christmas eve. 3590 was passed by the house of representatives in july of 2009. but it wasn't a health care bill then, was it? it was a veteran's housing bill. a veterans housing bill, passed house. i don't think many people voted against it. it went to the senate. sat in the hopper. then it was amended. and the amendment read, strike all after...
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and you could say, well, as nancy pelosi has said, the minority leader in the other party, there's not anything else left to cut in discretionary spending. of course, that belies the fact that the government accountability -- accounting office, accountability office has listed $ 165 different setsf dumb cayive spending, wasteful duplicative spending that's $250 billion a year that, if the congress would do its job, you could save half of that. so you could be -- instead of doing this, we could be doing this. what does that mean? that means your children have a brighter future. that means we don't waste money. we clean up the fraud and corruption in the federal government. that's what it means. there are points of order that can be raised against this bill, and i'm hopeful that we'll do it. because we violate the budget control afnlgt so if 60 senators say we don't care what we promised you before, we've got to spend more money, then they'll vote -- they have to have 60-plus votes to wave that budget point of order -- and i predict they probably will because we can't help ourselves. i w
and you could say, well, as nancy pelosi has said, the minority leader in the other party, there's not anything else left to cut in discretionary spending. of course, that belies the fact that the government accountability -- accounting office, accountability office has listed $ 165 different setsf dumb cayive spending, wasteful duplicative spending that's $250 billion a year that, if the congress would do its job, you could save half of that. so you could be -- instead of doing this, we could...
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pelosi, and she could, potentially, you know, play pressure on them to support the president. instead of the house members hearing from constituent after constituent back in their district, they are in washington and the pressure is intense from leadership, but no mistake, they are up against a real tough task here in trying to get this. it's seen here, all hearing, most constituents say don't go into syria or do a military strike. it's tough, i think, for the white house to turn it around. >> host: ian swanson, editor of "the hill" newspaper, before we move on, talk about how much one-on-one time the president spends with individual members of congress? we heard he dropped in on a meeting with republican senators and the vice president yesterday, and is the president trying to get around to all members of congress on this? >> caller: i think they are doing what they can. there's been some mixed signals. it was interesting to see the president drop in op the vice president to meet with a half dozen republican senators yesterday. we have seen some lawmakers criticize obama for
pelosi, and she could, potentially, you know, play pressure on them to support the president. instead of the house members hearing from constituent after constituent back in their district, they are in washington and the pressure is intense from leadership, but no mistake, they are up against a real tough task here in trying to get this. it's seen here, all hearing, most constituents say don't go into syria or do a military strike. it's tough, i think, for the white house to turn it around....